Legal Opinion
Davis v. Klein
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 6, 1996PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard Lowe, III, J.), entered on or about September 12, 1994, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint, affirmed, without costs.
Where plaintiffs failed to demonstrate a viable claim in the underlying action against the City of New York, they failed to satisfy the requisite "but for” element in this legal malpractice action against defendants (Geraci v Bauman, Greene & Kunkis, 171 AD2d 454, 455, appeal dismissed 78 NY2d 907). Concur— Murphy, P. J., Rosenberger, Ross and Tom, JJ.
2DissentSullivan, J.
On January 30, 1987, plaintiff Robert…
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